BARONESS HELENA KENNEDY, QUEEN'S COUNSEL, TO DISCUSS "THE RETREAT FROM CIVIL LIBERTIES: THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM" AT NYU LAW

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NYU Law, Monday, March 31, 4-6 PM   FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

WHAT: The 9th Annual Rose Sheinberg Scholar-in-Residence 2003 Lecture at New York University School of Law will be given by Baroness Helena Kennedy. Author Salman Rushdie will introduce the Baroness.

WHO: The Baroness, one of Britain's most prominent criminal defense lawyers, will lecture on "The Retreat from Civil Liberties: The United States and the United Kingdom." The Baroness's clients have included members of the IRA and battered women who kill. She has worked to combat sex discrimination, has been a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Legal Studies, and is a Labour Member of the House of Lords.

In addition to her remarkable legal career, Kennedy is a distinguished broadcaster and journalist. Her many achievements include creating the BBC television series Blind Justice and serving as the first female moderator of BBC's Hypotheticals. In 1992, Baroness Kennedy published an award-winning book on women in the British criminal justice system, Eve Was Framed.

Kennedy is renowned for her commitment to improving education. In 1997, as a member of the British National Commission for Education, she published Learning Works, a critical report on participation in higher education. She has also been active in the National Children's Bureau and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

WHERE: NYU Law School, Vanderbilt Hall, Room 218, 40 Washington Square South.

WHEN: Monday, March 31, 2003. An open reception will follow the lecture.

03/14/03